Seagate forced to pay $300 million after supplying HDDs to Huawei
Storage vendor Seagate must pay $300 million to the U.S. government. It allegedly sent over 7 million hard drives to China's Huawei. Current US export regulations ban companies from doing so.
The fine is for violating sanctions the US government introduced in August 2020. Between that month and ... Read more
Huawei makes breakthroughs in design tools for 14nm chips
The designs are the latest in a wide range of Huawei tools related to chip hardware and software.
Huawei has made breakthroughs in electronic design automation (EDA) tools for chips produced at and above 14-nanometre technology. This is according to a report in Reuters, citing a speech by a seni... Read more
Huawei could be cut off completely from chip access
The Trump and Biden administrations banned the export of US chips and technology to Huawei, with the restrictions being adjusted multiple times since the initial ban in 2019.
Currently, the Biden administration is reportedly tightening the restrictions even further, with The Financial Times sugg... Read more
Huawei CEO is optimistic about 2023 in New Year’s message
Despite ongoing international restrictions, Huawei CEO Eric Xu's shared a positive outlook for 2023 in his annual New Year's message.
The Chinese tech giant's CEO described US sanctions as the new normal. In spite of persistent trade limitations, Xu claims Huawei is "back to business as usual".... Read more
Germany declines to issue broad ban on Huawei
Olaf Scholz's government resists US pressure to completely ban all products from the Chinese company.
This week, Reuters reported that Germany does not want to follow the United States in generally banning products made by Chinese telecom equipment makers such as Huawei. Instead, a German Econom... Read more
Huawei pledges to help connect 120 million people in remote regions
Huawei vows to help Partner2Connect connect 120 million people in remote regions over the next three years.
The pledge is part of Partner2Connect, an initiative of the Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations (UN). The initiative was launched in October 2022. Ever since, organizatio... Read more
EU pressures Germany to reduce reliance on Huawei
All member states need to implement measures against 'high-risk' vendors, the Commission says.
This week, the European Commission urged EU member countries to reduce the risks associated with Chinese telecoms equipment in 5G networks, according to a report in POLITICO.
Margarethe Vestager, t... Read more
Irish government seeks to ban ‘high risk vendors’ from the Internet
Amendments to an Irish telecoms bill could be aimed at excluding Chinese companies.
The Irish government has amended its Communications Regulations Bill 2022 to include additional provisions that could be used to ban certain companies from trading on the Internet. The bill was designed to incorp... Read more
UK delays deadline for telcos to remove Huawei from network cores
Britain delayed the deadline for removing Huawei equipment and services from critical network activities from January 2023 to December 2023. The government made the decision after consulting with telecom providers and operators.
The government stated that the goal of removing all Huawei equipmen... Read more
Huawei refreshes Matebook X Pro for the 2022 market
The MateBook X Pro, Huawei's flagship laptop, has been updated for 2022. Huawei modified the display, added a new touchpad, enlarged the battery pack, altered the metal chassis coating and installed 12th-gen Intel CPUs.
The Intel P-series of 12th-gen CPUs is geared towards thin and light busines... Read more